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Stop Pathogens From Spreading

Stop Pathogens From Spreading. Ways to defend yourself from pathogens include: Good personal hygiene, or cleanliness. Getting enough physical activity. Getting enough rest or sleep. Keeping the environment clean. Protecting Yourself. Avoid close contact with people who are ill.

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Stop Pathogens From Spreading

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  1. Stop Pathogens From Spreading • Ways to defend yourself from pathogens include: • Good personal hygiene, or cleanliness. • Getting enough physical activity. • Getting enough rest or sleep. • Keeping the environment clean.

  2. Protecting Yourself • Avoid close contact with people who are ill. • Especially during the contagious period. • Do not share eating utensils, dishes, glasses, bottles or cans. • Wash your hands often • After you have been around a sick person. • Before and after handling food. • After using the bathroom.

  3. Protecting Yourself • After playing with a pet. • After handling garbage. • After touching any other obvious source of germs. • Hand washing tips. • Always wash before handling or eating food. • Wash with hot, soapy water. • Carry a small bottle of waterless hand sanitizer if you are in an area where you don’t have access to soap and water. • Wash hands for at least 15 sec. with soap, rinse well and dry hands.

  4. Protecting Yourself • Keep you hands away from your mouth, nose and eyes. • Take proper precautions against known factors that may cause disease, such as exposure to ticks. • Follow safe practices in handling, preparing, and storing food to avoid food borne illness and other diseases. • Simple actions such as wiping counters and tables with warm soapy water and disposing of garbage properly.

  5. Protect Others • If you are sick, stay home during contagious period. • Avoid close contact with other people and wash hands frequently. • Cover your mouth and nose when you cough and sneeze and turn away from others. • Use tissues and dispose of them properly. • Cough or sneeze into the crook of your elbow. • Wash hands ASAP

  6. Protect Others • Get medical treatment if you need it. • Delay may allow your condition to worsen. • When taking a prescribed medication, follow the directions and doctor’s instructions carefully. • Do not stop taking medicine early. • Encourage other’s people to follow wise health practices.

  7. Develop a Healthy Lifestyle Eat healthy Exercise Get enough sleep Shower daily Avoid tobacco, alcohol and drugs Avoid strenuous activity when sick Make sure you have been vaccinated Learn to manage stress Get regular medical checkups

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